As well as such characteristic features of the Baroque pastoral as drone basses and melodies harmonized in 3rds and 6ths, pastorellas include rhythmic and melodic elements probably deriving from folk music.

In the original music for chorus, basses have something better to do than to hold a note.

It begins with the bass stating the melody and features a shifting arrangement that allows everyone a chance to solo.

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Say there is a really high end chirping sound that one person is doing, someone else might counter it with a really bassy tone.

The bundled earphones aren't exactly an expensive set, but they give good reproduction, even at low volume, adding a nice bassy warmth to the sound while retaining the crispness of the higher frequencies.